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μεταμορφόω

MainId: 003255000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: False

AlphaPos: μ

StrongCodes: G3339

AlternateLemmas: μεταμορφόομαι

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 003255001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: verb

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'μορφόω', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 003255001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 13.53

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

      LEXSubDomains: Change of State

      LEXForms: μεταμορφόομαι[a]

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-01 11:05:25

         DefinitionShort: to change the essential form or nature of something

         Glosses: ['to become', 'to change', 'to be changed into', 'to be transformed']

         Comments: In a number of languages the equivalent of μεταμορφόομαι in {S:04501200200016} may be ‘become completely different’ or ‘become different from what you are.’

      LEXReferences: ROM 12:2, 2COR 3:18

   2. LEXID: 003255001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 58.16

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Nature, Class, Example

      LEXSubDomains: Appearance as an Outward Manifestation of Form

      LEXForms: μεταμορφόομαι[b]

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-01 11:05:25

         DefinitionShort: to take on a different physical form or appearance

         Glosses: to change in appearance

         Comments: In some instances it may be more appropriate to render this expression in {S:04100900200052} as ‘as they watched, he appeared different.’

      LEXReferences: MAT 17:2, MARK 9:2